Kirk Cousinsâ connection with his new receivers is a work in progress.

The Vikings quarterback invited Adam Thielen and Stefon Diggs to Atlanta in April for a throwing session before organized team activities. They continued to get to know each other during the teamâs offseason program.

âItâs a process of saying Jeff Skinner Jersey , âHey, this is the way Iâve done if for six years. Youâve done it a different way for five years. Letâs try to talk about why youâve had success, why Iâve had success. Letâs find some middle ground; letâs decide whether Iâm going to learn your way, youâre going to learn my way,'â Cousins said Scott Darling Jersey , via Courtney Cronin of ESPN. âThatâs the process Iâm talking about. Every route, every concept, really we could talk about each individual one. The best part of the whole thing is you know you have a chance when the communication is as healthy as it is.

â[Thielen is] receptive to listening; I can understand what heâs getting at. Itâs the same with Stef. Thatâs where when I say Iâm really excited about the locker room and the players I work with, itâs moments like that, where I feel really good about the communication Mario Lemieux Jersey , that theyâre hearing you and youâre hearing them.â

Cousins has no firm plans to work with his receivers off site before training camp, but feeling âa little behind the eight ball,â he will stay in his playbook.

âIâm going to go back, Iâll make a list,â Cousins said. âProbably get on the phone with [offensive coordinator] coach [John] DeFilippo or [quarterbacks] coach [Kevin] Stefanski and email and just go through it all to get each question answered over the summer.â

Two-time Pro Bowl running back Doug Martin has been released by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Youth Dustin Byfuglien Jersey , who may look for a replacement in free agency.

Martin rushed for a career-low 406 yards in 2017, when he averaged just 2.9 yards per carry after missing the first three games of the season while serving the remainder of a four-game ban for violating the NFL's policy on performance-enhancers.

The release comes less than two years after Martin signed a five-year, $35.75 million contract that would have paid him $6.75 million in 2018.

The 29-year-old was a first-round draft pick out of Boise State in 2012. He rushed for 1,454 yards and 11 touchdowns as a rookie, but was slowed by an assortment of injuries for much of the past five seasons.

He agreed to his big contract after rushing for 1 Womens Alexander Steen Jersey ,402 yards in 2016, finishing second in the league behind Adrian Peterson.

Martin lost his starting job to second-year pro Peyton Barber late last season. Tuesday's move leaves the Bucs in the market for a new featured back, which the team may seek in free agency or the draft.